On 20150228_1557-0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On 02/28/2015 03:42 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > > >>On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote: > >>> > >>>Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching > >>>someone struggle. :) > >>> > >>>e2label(8). > >> > >>I often trust the opinion of our" hive-mind" more than I do a man > >>page. I hate to blow up something working. :) Ric > > > >Very understandable. I do not think adding LABEL to your system would > >particularly give you anything which do not have already. > > > >I use it with USB sticks which move from machine to machine, The UUID > >may change but the LABEL doesn't. Debian always boots. > > > >Having said that, I do not think labelling with e2label would cause > >your system to go into "blow up" mode and the UUID is is still there. > >Changing means trusting my judgement. Ignoring the advice means you > >can sleep well at nights. > > There is that to consider as well. Next time I install fresh might be a > better time to play with labels! :) Ric
I can't recall for sure, but I think OP is concerned about LABELing the swap partition. A swap partition is NOT an extN formatted region of the block-special device. e2label fails to find a superblock on a swap partition on my jessie machine and I'm not a bit surprised at learning that ;-O Also blkid displays a "PARTUUID" in addition to the familiar UUID for all the partitions on the internal hard drive on my jessie machine. This "PARTUUID" has fewer hex digits than a the 'real' UUID. It looks as if there is a lot of new conventional to be learn by people who have learned on Linux internals long ago. Or maybe I'm the last to learn about this innovation. Cheers, -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150304053055.ga6...@big.lan.gnu